As the attacks on Paris began, Lebanon was just emerging from a National Day of Mourning, after 43 people were killed and over 200 more were seriously injured from a series of suicide bombings in Beirut.

ISIS claimed responsibility for this attack, issuing a statement that their aim was to kill Shia Muslims.

These bombings however, received no live media coverage from the West, no social media statements from Obama and other world leaders.

ISIS attacked both of these cities and countries, and we should be showing solidarity and compassion for Paris, for Beirut, and for victims of terrorism everywhere.

Unfortunately, this is far from the first time we've dismissed and ignored a tragedy, because it didn't happen in the West.

A few days after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris this January, which left 17 dead, over 2,000 people were killed in Nigeria by Boko Haram.

In September, at least 117 people were killed by Boko Haram at a mosque in Nigeria, and last month there was another bombing in Ankara, Turkey, killing almost a hundred people. These are just part of a long list of recent terrorism attacks, spanning from the Russian plane explosion, to Bangladesh, Iraq, Yemen, and Egypt.

All of these are tragedies, and all of them deserve attention.

We need to recognize that the majority of those killed by ISIS are Muslims, and that they are experiencing the same suffering and anger as us, and even more frequently.

We need to recognize the chasm between the estimated 50,000 Islamic extremists to rest of the 1.57 billion Muslims in the world, and that they bear no resemblance to the average Muslim, just as we recognize the chasm between the KKK and Christians.

We need to recognize that ISIS is the enemy, not each other.

At least we don't discriminate when it comes to politicizing tragedy.

We couldn't even keep the focus on Paris for a few hours, turning it into a megaphone to shout about whatever grievances you wanted, no matter how unconnected to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of innocent people.

This disgusting opportunism comes from all sides of the political spectrum, using Paris as fresh political "proof" for their arguments, spanning from climate control to Mizzou, from gun control to free speech on college campuses.

Yes, these undoubtedly are very real problems in America, but exploiting and politicizing the tragedy of Paris to argue about them is beyond disrespectful.

It's extremely upsetting, to read how the deaths of hundreds of innocent people, will be good for both the Republicans' and the Democrats' poll numbers.

Let's stop making this tragedy about ourselves, and instead try to show solidarity and compassion for Paris, for Beirut, and for all those terrorized at the hands of ISIS.